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Excerpts From The Forum
Make It International
Jay Rosen writes, "I think it is critical--all important--that this
be defined as an international organization at the start. Others have
said so, and to me we should make it a founding commitment. I voted to
keep working on a name because it seems to me that International (or World)
might have to be the first word. International Forum on Civic Journalism
(IFPJ). World Society for Public Journalism. Global Forum on Public Journalism.
All seem good to me. If we're international, translation problems with
"civic" might be fewer with "public."
Cole Campbell writes, "It's true that public journalism has been a United States phenomenon that journalists around the world have been drawn to, but I think there is much that North American journalists can learn from our colleagues around the globe who have different experiences with and insights into democracy based on their country's experiences."
Both Rosen and Ana María Miralles of Colombia say funding should be sought now to enable it to be an international society. In Miralles words, "to reinforce the movement in other places inside and beyond USA borders, where the movement is still growing."
Rosen says, "Start searching immediately for a partner--think tank, foundation, professional group, university--who can host the first overseas meeting of the society: Europe, Australia, South Africa.…"
Hideya Terashima, a Japanese journalist for a regional newspaper The Kahoku Shimpo, is a researching Civic Journalism as a Fulbright Scholar at the Dewitt Wallace Center for Communications and Journalism at Duke University. He writes, "Your experiences with civic journalism would be a rich resource of new initiatives and possibilities for us. I hope your new organization could be a bridge which would enable journalists in America and foreign journalists to connect with one another and work together…"
Mburu Mwangi, investigative reporter, Nation Media Group, Nairobi, writes, "My experience in a small media house and a large one shows me that to engulf a whole continent like Africa, only a very small spark needs to be ignited and the civic journalism fire will spread all over."
Dennis Foley writes, "I do not think it is mere coincidence that
civic journalism also has grabbed the attention of many overseas. Politicians
sometimes like to say that democracy is this nation's greatest export.
So are its key components and institutions -- like the First Amendment
and a free press.
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